Another week.........

Well, 11 down, 32 to go! More than 25% of the way there! You go Dan!

This weekend: We are readying for Christmas/Solstice celebrations. We'll be finalizing presents for those out West and those out East. We have a wedding to go to tomorrow! These two people are pretty darn special and do so well together. It will be a joyful day.

I'm not sure how many days its been since we've seen the sun. Dayton is doing it's usual in contributing to the SAD syndrome in Ohio. Oh funny, just as I type this the sun peeks out! How can that be? Well, not for long, I see. Just enough to let me know that the sun still exists.

Been reading movie reviews in the NYT; looks like there will be some good ones out for the holiday season. I'll report after viewing.

Movie Update

Last week when the electricity was out, we escaped the dark house in the evenings by going to movies. First we saw Burn After Reading. Oh my goodness, Brad Pitt is sooooo funny. It was a typical Coen Brothers' movie -- weird, uneven and right on. The second movie we saw was Ghost Town. I liked this one better; it almost reminded us of a Capra-genre film. Ricky Gervais is hilarious and Tia Leone is so sweet.

Okay so let's read Jane Austen

We've seen both movies this summer "Becoming Jane" and "The Jane Austen Book Club". The first did not entice me to read her books; the second did. Yes, I admit I haven't read Jane Austen. And, yes, I'm THAT old. A year from now, I will have read them all. Six. TJABC was a nice movie, entertaining..... the book club meetings mirrored the book being discussed that night. The actors were, for the most part, competent. It was nice to see Amy Brennemen not just being "Amy Brennemen". Jimmy Smits is great, too. Worth seeing. Better yet, read the books. Six of them. Thank you.

Love love love

D and I went to see "Feast of Love" starting Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander, Greg Kinnear and a host of other great actors. It is a complicated, touching look at love and all it's foibles. I like movies that have several layers of plot. With all of our abilities to multi-task that structure keeps my interest. And the characters have depth. There's a bit about the magical quality of love that is so sweet. ***